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The Resource Empire of sin : a story of sex, jazz, murder, and the battle for modern new orleans, Gary Krist, (electronic resource)

Empire of sin : a story of sex, jazz, murder, and the battle for modern new orleans, Gary Krist, (electronic resource)

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Summary
From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans' other civil war, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent City Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans' thirty-years war against itself, pitting the city's elite "better half" against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld of vice, perversity, and crime. This early-20th-century battle centers on one man: Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city's Storyville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empire intact as it faces onslaughts from all sides. Surrounding him are the stories of flamboyant prostitutes, crusading moral reformers, dissolute jazzmen, ruthless Mafiosi, venal politicians, and one extremely violent serial killer, all battling for primacy in a wild and wicked city unlike any other in the world
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource.
Note
  • Available to Vancouver Residents only
  • Residents of other municipalities should check their local library
  • Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed June 19, 2014)
Contents
  • PART ONE. The War Begins, 1890-1891
  • Going Respectable
  • The Sodom of the South
  • The First Casualty
  • Retribution
  • PART TWO. Drawing Boundaries, Mid-1890s-1907
  • A Sporting Man
  • New Sounds
  • Desperado
  • Storyville Rising
  • Jazzmen
  • The Sin Factory
  • PART THREE. Battlegrounds of Sin, 1907-1917
  • The Black Hand
  • A Reawakening
  • An Incident on Franklin Street
  • Hard Times
  • The New Prohibitionists
  • PART FOUR. Twilight of the Demimonde, 1917-1920
  • Exodus
  • A Killer in the Night
  • "Almost As if He Had Wings"
  • The Axman's Jazz
  • The End of an Empire
  • The Soiled Phoenix
  • AFTERWORD: Who Was the Axman?
Isbn
9780770437077
Link
http://vpl.lib.overdrive.com/EBF235C1-165C-4F6C-A836-CEEA2AED702A/10/50/en/ContentDetails.htm?id=73FE7C0E-8125-40CD-AA44-9637661E1C5B
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Empire of sin : a story of sex, jazz, murder, and the battle for modern new orleans
Title
Empire of sin
Title remainder
a story of sex, jazz, murder, and the battle for modern new orleans
Statement of responsibility
Gary Krist
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
From bestselling author Gary Krist, a vibrant and immersive account of New Orleans' other civil war, at a time when commercialized vice, jazz culture, and endemic crime defined the battlegrounds of the Crescent City Empire of Sin re-creates the remarkable story of New Orleans' thirty-years war against itself, pitting the city's elite "better half" against its powerful and long-entrenched underworld of vice, perversity, and crime. This early-20th-century battle centers on one man: Tom Anderson, the undisputed czar of the city's Storyville vice district, who fights desperately to keep his empire intact as it faces onslaughts from all sides. Surrounding him are the stories of flamboyant prostitutes, crusading moral reformers, dissolute jazzmen, ruthless Mafiosi, venal politicians, and one extremely violent serial killer, all battling for primacy in a wild and wicked city unlike any other in the world
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RECBK
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Krist, Gary
Dewey number
976.3/35061
Index
no index present
LC call number
F379.N557
Literary form
unknown
Nature of contents
dictionaries
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  • Anderson, Thomas Charles
  • Crime
  • Murder
  • Corruption
  • Jazz
  • Sex customs
  • New Orleans (La.)
  • Storyville (New Orleans, La.)
  • New Orleans (La.)
  • Storyville (New Orleans, La.)
Label
Empire of sin : a story of sex, jazz, murder, and the battle for modern new orleans, Gary Krist, (electronic resource)
Link
http://vpl.lib.overdrive.com/EBF235C1-165C-4F6C-A836-CEEA2AED702A/10/50/en/ContentDetails.htm?id=73FE7C0E-8125-40CD-AA44-9637661E1C5B
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Available to Vancouver Residents only
  • Residents of other municipalities should check their local library
  • Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed June 19, 2014)
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
PART ONE. The War Begins, 1890-1891 -- Going Respectable -- The Sodom of the South -- The First Casualty -- Retribution -- PART TWO. Drawing Boundaries, Mid-1890s-1907 -- A Sporting Man -- New Sounds -- Desperado -- Storyville Rising -- Jazzmen -- The Sin Factory -- PART THREE. Battlegrounds of Sin, 1907-1917 -- The Black Hand -- A Reawakening -- An Incident on Franklin Street -- Hard Times -- The New Prohibitionists -- PART FOUR. Twilight of the Demimonde, 1917-1920 -- Exodus -- A Killer in the Night -- "Almost As if He Had Wings" -- The Axman's Jazz -- The End of an Empire -- The Soiled Phoenix -- AFTERWORD: Who Was the Axman?
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780770437077
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Publisher number
EB00348325
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • 4851207
  • ocn883339510
  • (OCoLC)883339510
Label
Empire of sin : a story of sex, jazz, murder, and the battle for modern new orleans, Gary Krist, (electronic resource)
Link
http://vpl.lib.overdrive.com/EBF235C1-165C-4F6C-A836-CEEA2AED702A/10/50/en/ContentDetails.htm?id=73FE7C0E-8125-40CD-AA44-9637661E1C5B
Publication
Note
  • Available to Vancouver Residents only
  • Residents of other municipalities should check their local library
  • Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed June 19, 2014)
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
PART ONE. The War Begins, 1890-1891 -- Going Respectable -- The Sodom of the South -- The First Casualty -- Retribution -- PART TWO. Drawing Boundaries, Mid-1890s-1907 -- A Sporting Man -- New Sounds -- Desperado -- Storyville Rising -- Jazzmen -- The Sin Factory -- PART THREE. Battlegrounds of Sin, 1907-1917 -- The Black Hand -- A Reawakening -- An Incident on Franklin Street -- Hard Times -- The New Prohibitionists -- PART FOUR. Twilight of the Demimonde, 1917-1920 -- Exodus -- A Killer in the Night -- "Almost As if He Had Wings" -- The Axman's Jazz -- The End of an Empire -- The Soiled Phoenix -- AFTERWORD: Who Was the Axman?
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780770437077
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Publisher number
EB00348325
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • 4851207
  • ocn883339510
  • (OCoLC)883339510

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